Provide subsidized train and/or bus passes to employees and construction workers.
While airports offer various modes of public transportation (busses, trains, light rail, metro, etc.), many employees choose to take their personal vehicles to commute to work, generating emissions and adding to the traffic load on access roads and to parking facilities. Similarly during construction, workers tend to use their own vehicles to access project sites. Providing subsidies for public transportation (potentially in conjunction with levying parking fees for staff) could create incentives for using public transportation on a larger scale, thereby easing adverse traffic and parking situations at airports, and reducing emissions.
Practice Information
| Capital Cost: | Marginal Cost (<$5,000 US) |
| O&M Cost: | Marginal or Cost Savings (<$5,000 US) |
| Payback Period: | Long (>15 years) |
| Staffing Requirements: | Negligible (<10 hours per month) |
| Reportability of Metrics: | Quantitative metric with baseline for comparison practices and is already tracked |
| Maturity of Practice: | Proven at multiple airports |
| Energy Reduction: | Decreases energy consumption |
| Environmental Benefits: | Significant, multiple environmental benefits |
| Social Benefits: | Significant, multiple social benefits |
Airport Characteristics
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Multiple Airports
Similar incentive programs are in place at Vancouver International Airport through its Green Commuter Program.
2009
Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland
As part of the work contract, airport employees and employees of companies operating at the airport are offered a free regional public transportation pass or a fixed monthly amount for their own personal public transportation pass. As such, the percentage of staff using public transportation increased from 25 percent in 1999 to 36 percent in 2009. In addition, continuous stakeholder meetings take place with the public transportation providers to optimize schedules and services. ZRH has a train station with more than 380 train departures daily (reaching all destinations in Switzerland, many of them direct), a bus terminal with 15 routes into the region and more than 670 daily bus departures as well as a tramway station serving 2 routes with more than 300 daily tram departures.
Related Links
Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) [Zürcher Verkehrsverbund], ""About Us""
Zurich Airport, ""Regional Transport""
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